Before Napster, iTunes, Amazon and Spotify, there was… Columbia House!
Before the internet made it easy (both legally and illegally) to obtain music, the Columbia House Record Club was the coolest thing a teenage music fan could hope for. I…
10 vintage musician endorsement ads that haven’t aged well
I found in my storage area a box of my old guitar magazines from the 80’s and 90’s. It’s fun to see who was popular, who still is, and who has…
Spider-Man’s forgotten Rock Opera
If you thought that the Broadway show Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (written by U2’s Bono and The Edge) was the first time Spider-Man’s been adapted to a musical medium, think again.…
All roads lead to Sabbath: Revisiting Ozzy Osbourne’s “Speak of the Devil”
Ozzy Osbourne’s Speak of the Devil album (or Talk of the Devil if you’re in the UK) is the black sheep of his discography, having been disowned by the singer…
50 years ago today: The Beatles released their first album
50 years ago, a promising young band from Liverpool released their first album. After the initial success of their first 2 singles “Love Me Do” and “Please Please Me“, the…